The Somerset reporter., 1887-05-18
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S TATE NEWS S.

A remark on the iveliness of the liquor
trade in Bangor and the mpossiblity of
enforcing the law there is considered by
the Bangor Commercial as Il slur ON the
city.
Work on the new post Office ut Angus
| Ia, after delay caused by the frcShet,
| has been resumed and is progressing rap
| idly. The basement is nearly completed
and work upon the building will com
mence soon
Arrangements for the new steamboat
line between Augusta and Portland are
! nearly completed. The fare between Au-
gusta and Portland will he 81 90 The
boat. will make its first trip about May
2Gth.
a Lithgow library building in Augusta
is now talked of. There is a fund of
over SIS, 900 which can be devoted to
such structure. Several cligable los ON
State street have been mentioned.
At a special town meeting at Milo, last
Monday, it was voted to raise 81 900 for
the repairs of highways and bridges dam
aged by the late freshet, reports the Pts
cataquis Observer.
PASSPORT has voted to refund its SD
| 600 war loan, that becomes due this year
into twenty year bonds at the lowest rate
| of interest obtainablc.
The new canning factory in lIallowell
is an assured thing. Col {. =. Mattocks,
was in the city early in the week. The
Union Packing company will build and
| operate the proposed factory. Work
will commence, of necessity, very shortly,
for the buildings are to be in readiness
early in August. This company will put
in some So, 900 worth of equipments, en-
CINE, boiler, retorts, etc
In an editorial the Portland Press
makes the following sensible remarks:
| The days of base ball seem to be over at
Bates Collegs. The diamond has not
| been sowed to salt, but on Arhor Day nine
| large pine trees were set out where nine
stalwart Bates men used to take position.
Perhaps the time may come when the
Bates faculty and alumni will regard the
pines with as much pride rs they regard
ed the "old Bates nine. that held the
championship of the Maine colleges for
50 many years; but it is to be doubted.
The careers of the men who played on
that nine do not indicate that they were
hurt great deal by a moderate amount
of base ball.
one board of health in Maine has al
ready showed its usefulness by invrstiga-
| ting the cause of diseases which have APP
| pcarcd in the town this spring. They
| had not far to seek the cause of the trou-
| Bile being bad drainage and stagnant water
in cellars. The next thing is to remedy
the evil, which will be done at once if
the owners of the houses are wise. Stand
ing water and decaying vegetable in eel
| lars are the cause of more deaths than
most people realize.
The Grand Lake stream tannery belong
| ing to Shaw Bros was destroyed by fire
| Wednesday last. The loss was large, in
| Guiding about $50 900 of hides and lcath-
er. In the fire Everett White was burned
to death. His remains was burned be-
| You'd recognition They were found in
the ruins of the store house He is sup
| posed to have been engaged in removing
| leather and was overcome by the smoke
and heat He was an employe Of the
| Shaws. He leaves wife and seven
| children. The Shaws are unable to eSti-
mate their loss as yet, it is fully covered
by insurance. Their present intentions
are to rebuild a smaller tannery.
Detective James =. Hill arrested in
Waterville young man calling himself
Charles II. Taylor, accused of forgery
He forged his grandfather and brothers
names to notes to the amount of several
hundred dollars obtaining cash Mt the
naIland Tationol honl. 10 has Iona
eluded the officers.
Farmers. grain dealers and horse own
Gro are reminded Inv the Maine Farmer that
the law fixing the legal weight Of BUSH
cl of oats at ~ pounds doea not 90 in'o
effect until September
The Portland Press, in an editorial Of
consid, rab4 length warns people of
Maine not to invest too h ayilv in w. St
arm f,r,, mortgoyes nredictinu crosb
in the near future.
-,
o, nc trustees ol tie IhSane nosp.', at thelf
Imll meeting fettn'y, adopted S.seral ne" rIies ,
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